Ezra Pound

Book Review: Ezra Pound in “The Bughouse”

For all his literary fecundity, Ezra Loomis Pound was also more than a little bonkers.

Book Review: Last Night A Book Saved My Life or….What To Read, or Not

I asked the venerable progressive publisher New Directions to send me what it has done for literature lately.

Book Review: A Complicated Story — Noh Theater and Modernism

Carrie J. Preston refuses to characterize these cultural exchanges in moralistic or narrowly political terms.

Ralph Locke July 15, 2020 at 2:29 pm on Arts Commentary: Reviewing Music, Re-viewedGreat suggestion, Victor! I know a number of highly experienced listeners whose judgment and reactions I greatly value. Maybe I...
"Solo Jim" Edelstein July 15, 2020 at 8:43 am on Arts Remembrance: Why Jazz Needed Richie ColeI miss my friend every day. Richie taught me what not to play. We are kindred spirits.
Victor A Poleshuck July 15, 2020 at 7:02 am on Arts Commentary: Reviewing Music, Re-viewedThe question I’ve often wondered about is why professional musicians of one flavor or the other, write reviews which are...
Gerald Peary July 14, 2020 at 11:01 am on Film Commentary: Fellini at 100 — How the Mighty Have TumbledThere's no scientific way to prove that Fellini has been largely forgotten. But that's certainly what I have felt in...
Dave Wittrock July 14, 2020 at 5:48 am on Arts Remembrance: Why Jazz Needed Richie ColeThank you Mr. Michie. So nice to read something by someone who 'got' Richie. I especially liked that you mentioned...